Tuesday, September 22, 2015

So what's going on? Other than Exxon confirming anthropogenic global warming that is?

Blogging has been relatively light lately, and there is a good reason for that. First off, since I mainly gave up the political blogging days go by where absolutely nothing catches my eye. This has been one of those weeks (although I do have some stuff later in the post). Second, I went to the Dr. and my blood pressure and weight are nowhere near where I want them to be. I don't want to overstate this because it's not like it's a life threatening emergency or anything like that,they were just higher than I would like. As I was sitting there considering that fact I realized I am spending way to much time in front of the computer and not enough time out and about.

I need to change that.

To that end I bought a fitbit last night to help me keep track of what I am doing, activity wise. I am also going to make a conscious effort to eat a little healthier and to push away from the computer screen a little more often. So the posts may be a little less frequent and maybe a little shorter.

Finally, I have reached a point where I want to start reading for pleasure again so I intend to be spending a lot more time book / kindle in hand and a lot less time on the tech sites.

There aren't any really good excerptable parts of this article, basically the gist is that Exxon conducted research that confirmed the existence of AGW in the 70's and 80's then because of business concerns set about burying the results and attempting to discredit the theory. Take it for what it's worth.Here is a link to the documents mentioned in the article (If you read it)

at least one federal chief information security officer thinks that
these steps aren't enough and that repeatedly falling for phishing
attempts—fake or real—should have more dire consequences than a slap on
the wrist. According to a report from DefenseOne, Department of Homeland Security CISO Paul Beckman said during a panel discussion at a cybersecurity event in Washington last week
that he believes it's time to ban those who flunk Phishing 101 from
having access to sensitive government data by revoking their clearances.

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53 year old white male oozing privilege and advantage, if you find that sort of thing sexy. But, I care about the less fortunate if you don't. Either way I'm an idiot so take it all with a grain of salt.